1. Brother 2 as a political melodrama. Twenty years later, Balabanov's film ...
In the film, on the orders of a Russian oligarch with the suspicious patronym "Edgarovich” a friend and fellow soldier of the protagonist Danila is killed. The ...
In the melodramatic narrative of Brother 2, writes Mark Lipovetsky, a cold-blooded killer embodies “Russian truth” - the belief in the superiority of “us” over “them" and the contempt for human life if that life isn’t connected with Russia
2. Brother 2 (2000) | Rotten Tomatoes
Summary While participating in a TV show, Danila Bagrov meets his friends from his service in Chechnya. One of them is suddenly killed. It turns out that he got ...
Danila travels to Chicago to avenge an old army buddy's death.
3. Brother 2
The film traces the solitary battles of Danila—the main character and positive hero—through the mafia-ridden world of Moscow and all the way to Chicago, where ...
Aleksei Balabanov essentially recreates the Stalinist narrative paradigm in his film Brother 2. The villain plot—one of the typical Stalinist master plots—of the film creates the general framework into which such quintessential socialist realist elements as narodnost' and klassovost'. The film traces the solitary battles of Danila—the main character and positive hero—through the mafia-ridden world of Moscow and all the way to Chicago, where he wages his final battle against an American businessman whom he blames for the murder of his friend. Danila's motivation stems from his desire to rid Russia of villainous powers which reek havoc against the common Russian people-the narod. His repetition of the patriotic poem, which he first hears orated by Belkin's (played by Sergei Makovetskii) young son, that evokes Russia as the homeland and the Russian people as a family becomes something of a new socialist realist mantra for the 21st century.
4. Brother 2 (2000) - MUBI
When Kostya ends up dead, Danila and his brother make a trans-Atlantic journey for vengeance. Our take. Capturing the head-on collision of Russian and American ...
After meeting his old buddies from the Chechen war on a TV show, babyfaced Danila soon starts helping Kostya, whose twin brother is a professional hockey player being held to ransom by Chicago mobsters. When Kostya ends up dead, Danila and his brother make a trans-Atlantic journey for vengeance.
5. Brother 2 (Брат 2) 2000 in English Online
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is a 2000 Russian film by Aleksey Balabanov, a sequel to 1997's Russian crime thriller The Brother. The 'Russian-made gangster flick was set about a year after the events that occurred in the first film. Arriving in Moscow, Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr) meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin
6. Brother 2 (2000) - Letterboxd
Synopsis. Danila returns! Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has ...
Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.
7. Brother 2 (Film) - TV Tropes
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Brother 2 (Brat 2) is a 2000 Russian crime film directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov, a sequel to Brother (1997). This film continues the story of the young Chechen war veteran Danila Bagrov who sets out on a violent …
8. Brother 2 / Брат 2 - PopKult
Sep 26, 2016 · Brother 2 (Брат 2) is the 2000 sequel to the cult favorite Brother (Брат), released in 1997. The film starts out with Danila Bagrov, the hero of both films.
Brother 2 (Брат 2) is the 2000 sequel to the cult favorite Brother (Брат), released in 1997.
